FRANCES "FRANKIE" BANKS, BUNCOMBE & YANCEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
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NATHANIEL BANKS (1776), BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
4/01/13
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ROBIN LUTHER
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FRANCES BANKS WAS THE SECOND CHILD BORN TO NATHANIEL AND ELIZABETH (WARREN) BANKS.FRANCES, CALLED FRANKIE WAS BORN IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA IN 1802.IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT FRANCES MARRIED.NO RECORDS HAVE BEEN LOCATED FOR A HUSBAND OR A FATHER TO HER CHILDREN.FRANCES HAD SEVEN CHILDREN LISTED BELOW:
1.NANCY CAROLINE BANKSBORN:1819
2.ELIZABETH A.BANKSBORN:MAR 1821
3.BERRY P. BANKSBORN: 27 JUN 1827
4.SARAH BANKSBORN:1828
5.MATILDA BANKSBORN:1833
6.WILLIAM BANKSBORN:1834
7.HENRY CLAUDE BANKSBORN: 24 JUL 1839
GREAT NEWS! A BOOK HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ABOUT THIS FAMILY.IT IS TITLED, "DESCENDANTS OF FRANCES "FRANKIE" BANKS" (1802-2004), BY MARSHALL L. STYLES.THE BOOK COMES IN TWO VOLUMES (LAND DEEDS ARE IN VOLUME II).THEY CAN BE PURCHASED TOGETHER OR SEPARATELY, FROM THE HIGGINSON BOOK COMPANY OR WITH AN AUTHOR'S DISCOUNT FROM MARSHALL STYLES. THIS BOOK EARNED MARSHALL HIS THIRD "BEST AUTHOR AWARD" FROM OLD BUNCOMBE COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY.MARSHALL L. STYLES AND DAVID W. BANKS HAVE RESEARCHED EVERY LOCATED DOCUMENT ON FRANCES BANKS.THEY BELIEVE HER TO BE THE DAUGHTER OF NATHANIEL AND ELIZABETH (WARREN) BANKS.
A SEGMENT FROM THE BOOK WRITTEN BY MARSHALL L. STYLES:
“ON 19 JAN 1925, FULLY 75 YEARS AFTER FRANCES BANKS DISAPPEARED FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA, A LAWSUIT WAS FILED BY THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, IN WHICH IT SOUGHT TO “CONDEMN” 526.07 ACRES OF LAND WHICH THE GOVERNMENT WANTED TO ANNEX INTO THE PISGAH NATIONAL FORREST.THE LANDS ADJOINED THE THEN-EXISTING NATIONAL FOREST IN THE IVY TOWNSHIP, BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NEAR BARNARDSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.THESE WERE THE PROPERTIES THAT HAD BEEN INHABITED BY, AMONG OTHERS, THE DESCENDANTS OF NATHANIEL BANKS, AND OF FRANCES BANKS, FOR DECADES.”
IN 1840, THE CENSUS FOR BUNCOMBE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED FRANKY BANKS AS AGE 40-50.SHE HAD SEVEN CHILDREN: ONE MALE UNDER 5, ONE MALE 5-10, ONE MALE 10-15, ONE FEMALE 10-15, ONE FEMALE 15-20, AND TWO FEMALES 20-30.ALSO LIVING IN THE HOUSEHOLD, ONE FEMALE UNDER 5, [GRANDCHILD CLERCIE?].LIVING LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE: [BROTHER-IN-LAW], HENRY BUCKNER [AGE 30-40], [UNCLE],WESLEY BANKS [AGE 60-70], [COUSIN], WILLIAM BANKS AGE [20-30], DAVID BARRETT, REUBEN WHITT, OBADIAH HOLCOMBE, REBECCA DILLINGHAM, WILLIAM FOSTER, ALBERT ANDERSON, SQUIRE HARWOOD, EDWARD CARTER, WILLIAM GUTHRIE, NATH ARROWOOD, AND JOHN HENSLEY.
ON 22 NOV 1850, THE CENSUS FOR YANCEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA LISTED FRANCES BANKS AS AGE 48.SHE HAD FOUR CHILDREN: BERRY 22, MATILDA 17, WILLIAM 16, AND HENRY AGE 10.FRANCES STATED SHE HAD NO OCCUPATION, SHE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND SHE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.BERRY STATED HE WORKED AS A LABORER, HE COULD NOT READ OR WRITE AND HE WAS BORN IN NORTH CAROLINA.LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD #1275: [DAUGHTER], CAROLINE BANKS AGE 31, THREE CHILDREN: CLARICCA 11, MARY A. 7 AND HESTER AGE 7 MONTHS, [DAUGHTER], ELIZABETH BANKS AGE 27, ONE CHILD: MARTHA M. AGE 1, [DAUGHTER], SARAH BANKS AGE 25, ONE CHILD: SOPHRONIA AGE 5 MONTHS.FRANCES AND HER THREE GROWN DAUGHTERS WERE LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD # 1275.EACH FAMILY INSIDE THE HOUSEHOLD RECEIVED THEIR OWN FAMILY NUMBER: FRANCES # 1341, CAROLINE # 1342, ELIZABETH # 1343 AND SARAH # 1344.LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE: MAY & ELIZABETH BRIGMAN, JOHN & MARTHA ANDERS, JOHN & SARAH ARROWOOD, THOMAS BARRETT, JAMES BRADLEY, FRANCES ANDERSON, HENRY & MATILDA HOLCOMBE, CYNTHIA DARIS, JACKSON & NANCY RAY, GARRETT & SUSANNAH GARDNER, HENRY R. [AGE 25] & MATILDA BUCKNER, STEPHEN & RUTH HAMLIN, AND ABSALOM & NANCY METCALF.
THE DEATH DATE FOR FRANCES BANKS IS UNKNOWN.NO DOCUMENTS HAVE BEEN LOCATED ON HER SINCE THE 1850 CENSUS.PERHAPS SHE DIED AROUND THAT TIME.
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